<p>Wow I can’t believe I misspelled the title. Believe me I had better grammar on my essay than on this. </p>
<p>Male
Native American
A Top Public School in the Mid-Atlantic
Income: $150,000
UW GPA: 3.73
Course Load: 9 AP’s, 5 Years of Spanish, 3 Years of Journalism and 1 Year of French
SAT: 1920 </p>
<p>Extra Curriculars:
Eagle Scout
Editor of a Nationally Ranked School Newspaper Staff
Young Republicans President (Member for 4 Years)
Key Club Member (3 Years)
Spanish Club Member (3 Years)
Youth in Government Member (3 Years)</p>
<p>Employment:
Unpaid Intern at Harrisburg Republican Office</p>
<p>I’m applying into the Political Science Major.
Thanks for whoever chances me, It’d make me so happy. Thanks again.</p>
<p>academics not that great, and only 1 year of a foreign language stings… colleges typically want 4. I don’t know how much affirmative action is worth, though, so heck you might get in.</p>
<p>Yeah, don’t worry about foreign languages, you’re fine there. Also, family income doesn’t play into the decision at all because MIT is completely need-blind. I’d recommend retaking the SATs though. I don’t know what your distribution was, but a safe score range is above 700 on all sections (although it is definitely possible to get in without that). And you’ll need to take a math and science SAT II. Finally, don’t rely on affirmative action to get you in, MIT doesn’t lower their standards when they see URM (although they do strive to admit a balanced class, so all things being fairly equal, it might give you an edge). Good luck!</p>
<p>I don’t have a particular interest in math or science. MIT does have a top Political Science program. Their tied for the 9th with Duke according to US News and World.</p>
<p>yeah, definitely have a good chance. however, just for your information, if you don’t like math or science, you probably won’t like MIT. Their humanities courses aren’t very good and the school kind of revolves around math and science.</p>
<p>Actually, I’ve found that MIT has great humanities classes! The only thing is that you should like math / science at least a little, because you will have to deal with the GIRs (2 semesters each of calculus and physics, and one semester each of biology and chemistry). Beyond that, however, its fine if you’d rather take political science classes than major in a science or engineering field.</p>
<p>It’s not that I don’t like math or science its just I’m very devoted to my major of choice and it won’t change. I understand that Math and Science are a big deal at MIT and I’m remotely excited about those courses there.</p>
<p>MIT in fact has a top-notch poli sci program.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that you don’t apply into a major at the undergrad level. You apply to MIT. Period. If you know you want to be a poli sci major, that’s great! But you will still have to show evidence that you are good enough at math and science to get through the required classes.</p>
<p>Your SAT is kind of low, by MIT standards (though it will matter less if you have a very high math score). And you will need to take SAT II tests, including a math test. 3.73 might be a little low, but if you go to a top public school, you’re likely to get a little more slack on GPA (mine was a 3.85). It looks like you’ve taken challenging classes, and your ECs are good, but I just don’t have enough info here to tell you more than that.</p>